Professor of Law
LL.M., Cambridge University, UK
LL.B., National University of Singapore, Singapore
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

Updated: March 5, 2010

Book Chapters

• Terrorism & Technology: Policy Challenges & Current Responses, in Global Anti-Terrorism Law & Policy (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005).

• Basic Principles of Singapore Business Law (Thomson Learning 2003) (with Andrew Phang).

• Getting the Deal Through: E-Commerce 2001 (Law Bus. Res. Ltd., 2000) and E-Commerce 2002 (Law Bus. Res. Ltd. 2001) (with John B. Kennedy, Esq.).

• Kluwer International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Intellectual Property Law (Sing. Ed., Kluwer Law Int'l 1999) (with Ng-Loy Wee Loon).

Articles

• When User-Generated Content is "Transformative": Authorship, Derivative Works and Fair Use Rights" (first presented as a work-in-progress, IP Scholars' Conference at DePaul Univ. College of Law, Aug. 2007), in progress.
• Technical Protection Mechanisms and Copyright Obligations in Recent US Free Trade Agreements: Flexibilities and Best Practices for Policymakers (preliminary findings to be presented at the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Nov., 2007), in progress.
• Toward a Flexible Normative Framework for Copyright: From the Restraints of Private Property to the Promise of Human Rights" (first presented as a work-in-progress, IP Scholars' Conf. at Univ. of Cal. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Aug. 2006), in progress.
• Cyber-Trespass and ‘Unauthorized Access’ as Legal Mechanisms for Access Control: Lessons from the US Experience, 14 Int'l J.L. & Info. Tech., Issue 3 (Aug. 21, 2006).
• Electronic Surveillance and Privacy in the United States after September 11, 2001, Sing. J. of Legal Stud. 214 (2002).
• Rocking and Ripping on the World Wide Web: The Collision Between Digital Music and Copyright Law, 13 Sing. Acad. of L.J. 323 (2001).

 Other

• When User-Generated Content is Transformative: Some Thoughts on Authorship, Derivative Works and Fair Use, IP Scholars’ Conf., DePaul Univ. College of Law, Chicago, Ill. (Aug. 2007).
• Copyright Protection for Owners & Intermediaries in the Networked Era, WIPO-NCAC Int'l Copyright Conf. 2007, Beijing, China (July 2007).
• Digital Content & Copyright, Univ. of Tex. Law & Technology Conf., Austin, Tex. (May 2007).
• The Three-Step Test: Is It Out of Step?, Fordham Int'l IP Law & Policy Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (April 2007).
• Developments in the Copyright Office & Congress, Fordham Int'l IP Law & Policy Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (April 2007).
• Copyright Protection for Owners & Intermediaries in the Networked Era, 2007 Int'l Copyright Forum, Beijing, China (18 July 2007).
• The Best Things in Life are Free: User-Generated Content & the Free & Open Source Software Movement, Asian IP Law & Policy Day, Fordham Law School Conf. on Int'l IP Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (April 11, 2007).
• The Next Ten Years in Copyright Law, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing., and Queen Mary Trilogue, London, Eng. (Feb. 16, 2007).
• Copyright & Access to Knowledge: Rights/Rhetoric, Opacity/Openness, Future/Fears, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. (Feb. 2007).
• The Next Ten Years in Copyright Law, for the Fordham Law School (USA) -Intellectual Property Academy (Singapore) – Queen Mary (UK) Trilogue, London, England (Feb. 2007).
• The Impact of Digital Rights Management Laws on Access to Knowledge, U. N. Internet Governance Forum, Athens, Greece (Oct./ Nov. 2006).
• Copyright, Design and Digital Commerce, and Intellectual Property and Information Communications Technology, Global Forum on Intellectual Property: Tilting the Global Balance in the Intellectual Property Landscape, Sing. (Aug. 2006).
• Toward an International Framework for Copyright and Access to Knowledge, IP Scholars’ Conference, Univ. of Cal. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (Aug. 2006).
• Digitization: New (Unauthorized) Uses for Copyrighted Works and the Google Book Search Project, and Web 2.0: Online Syndication and Aggregation, Fordham Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2006).
• Asian IP at the Crossroads: Open Content & Access to Knowledge, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2006).
• Internet Service Providers as Intermediaries, Whither the Middleman: The Role & Future of Intermediaries in the Information Age, Michigan State Univ. Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program, E. Lansing, Mich. (Apr. 2005).
• Copyright and Fair Use and Parallel Importation, Fordham Conference on Int'l Intellectual Property Law & Policy, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2005).
• Parallel Imports and Trademarks, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Mar. 2005).
• Free Trade and Intellectual Property Rights and Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer, WIPO-ASEAN Forum on Policy Issues in the Int'l Intellectual Property Agenda, Jakarta, Indon. (Mar. 2005).
• Terrorism & Technology, Comparative Anti-Terrorism Law & Policy Symposium, Sing. (June 2004).
• WIPO and the EU, Fordham Int'l Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conf. (plenary session), N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2004).
• Enforcement of IP in Asia, Fordham Univ. School of Law & Intellectual Property Acad. of Sing. Conf. on Recent Developments in and Enforcement of IP Laws in Asia, N.Y., N.Y. (Apr. 2004).
• Data Protection & Privacy Implications for Genetic Information, Bioethics Advisory Council of Sing., Sing. Acad. of Law Life Sciences & The Law Seminar Series (Sep. 2003).
• Legal Issues In Electronic Privacy & Information Security, 2003 Information Security Conf. Summit, Sing. (Feb. 2003).
• The Impact of Technology on Privacy Law, 2002 Internet Law & Policy Forum Annual Conf.: Security v. Privacy, Seattle (Sep. 2002).
• Harmonizing International Trade Laws & UNCITRAL, Sing. Acad. of Law and the Nat'l Univ. of Sing., Sing. (July 2002).
• Content Liability Laws in Singapore and Australia, Internet Law & Policy Forum Expert Session for the Working Group for Content Liability, Tokyo, Japan (Apr. 2002).
• Legal Issues in Intermediate Liability, Internet Law & Policy Forum Working Group for Content Liability, Brussels, Belg. (Nov. 2001).
• Legal Developments in Electronic Commerce, Sing. Acad. of Law Immersion Training Program in Info. Tech. Law, Sing. (Apr. 2001).
• Electronic Commerce Laws in Asia, E-Commerce Asia Conf., N.Y., N.Y. (May 2000).